EU, Turkey resume talks after 3 ½-year hiatus

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is resuming membership talks with Turkey after they were stalled for 3 ½ years, mainly because of the country's ongoing dispute with Cyprus.

Turkey's minister for European Union affairs, Egemen Bagis, hailed Tuesday's opening of negotiations in Brussels, but signaled much work still needs to be done. Bagis says: "You cannot have the spring with only one flower."